Combination fixture



Feb. 27, 1934. F, -|l MEYER I 1,948,971

COMBINATION FIXTURE Filed Jan. 20, 1932 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 27, 1934 vUNITED STATES PATENT FFlCE COlVIBINATION FIXTURE Francis T. Meyer, Montclair, N. J., assignor to The Meyer-Sniien Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 20, 1932. Serial No. 587,615

4 Claims. (Cl. 277-57) The present invention relates to water supply fixtures and particularly to combination xtures With hot and cold water control valves and a single nozzle.

An object of the invention is to provide such a fixture with novel means for connecting the parts. Another` object of the invention is to provide a fixture of this type so constructed and arranged that it projects only a relatively short distance from the wall.

trol valves.

A further object is to provide such a fixture with a separable portion having a receiving chamber or chambers and adapted for concealment within a wall and having a connecting face substantially in the plane of the wall to which the complementary portion of the fixture is secured.

Other and still further objects of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates by Way of example a preferred embodiment of the invention and in which- Figure l is a top plan View partly in horizontal section showing a combination fixture embodying the features of the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section on a somewhat enlarged scale taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a similar sectional View taken on Referring in detail to the drawing, a pair of separated receiving chambers or passages 12 and 14 are provided in the inlet portion 16 of the nxture, the wall of each chamber being adapted for the reception of an inlet pipe.

These two chambers or passages are separated by a septum such as the integral inside Wall 18.

The chambers 12 and 14 are separated by a vertical central web or partition 18-20 which is provided with the tapped opening 22 for the reception of the securing means by which the complementary portion of the fixture is secured to the receiving chamber.

The complementary or faucet portion of the fixture has an abundant face provided with a pair of positioning pins 26 adapted to enter cooperating openings in the inlet portion 16 whose face is preferably flush with the wall face.

Washer 28 is provided between the cooperating abutment faces to insure watertight connection.

Aligned with the passage 12 in the inlet portion is a cooperating passage 32 in the faucet or outlet portion of the xture. A similar passage or conduit 34 in the outlet portion is aligned with the passage 14 in the inlet portion. The passages or conduits 32 and 34vare separated by a central vertical web or partition 36 provided with a shouldered opening 38 for the reception of a e5 retaining screw 39 whose head 40 bears against the shoulder of passage or opening 38 and whose threaded end 42 in engagement with the threads of the tapped opening 22 is adapted to draw the outlet portion 44 against the inlet portion 16 in 70 watertight relation thereto when the screw 39 is -v turned into securing position.

The outlet portion of the xture is provided with a threaded outlet opening 48 aligned with the screw opening 38 and through which the se- 75 curing screw 39 may `be inserted into the fixture and screwed in the securing position of Figurel.

A nozzle 50 may be threaded in the opening 48 as'shown in Figure 1, thus completing a fixture with smooth exterior and vthe elimination o1 80 bulky, unsightly and expensive couplings adding 1 extra Weight to the iixture.

Between the threaded passage 48 and the head 40 of the securing screw is a mixing chamber 52 adapted to receive water from either or both of g5 the passages 32 and 34. For this purpose, the outlet of each of said passages to said mixing chamber includes a Valve seat 54 against which is adapted to seat the washer 56 of a Valve stem 58 provided With a iiat face 60 in contact with 90 the cooperating nat face 62 of a socket 64 thread- A ed into the valve arm 66 of the outlet portion of the fixture.

An internally threaded sleeve 68 receives Within it the threaded shank of the valve stern 58 and 95 is rotatable within the socket 64, having Watertight connection therewith by means of packing 70 and inner and outer packing rings 72 and 74, respectively. A shoulder 76 on the sleeve 68 of greater diameter than the packing ring '72 pre- 100 vents unintentional axial movement of the sleeve A 68. Each sleeve 68 is provided with any desired form of handle 78. A cup-shaped guard 80 may be threaded onto the valve arm 66 before the handle '78 is assembled. 105

Rotation of the handles 78 will open or close their respective passages 32 and 34 to the mixing chamber 52..

The valve arms 66 extend angularly from the outlet portion of the xture as illustrated in Figure 1. This construction, with the valve arms extending forwardly and outwardly from the fixture, permits the body of the outlet portion to be relatively short thereby eliminating weight, reducing expense, and permitting' the fixture, as a whole, to lie relatively close to the wall 82. At the same time, the combination fixture may be readily assembled or disassembled, it being necessary for either purpose merely to unscrew the nozzle and to operate the securing screw 39 with a screwdriver. It will be noted that the construction described also eliminates expensive, unsightly, and weightadding exterior couplings.

It will be evident, however, that various changes may be made in the structure described, and particularly the specific angular relation of the valve arms and faucet to the body of the outlet portion, may be varied without departing from the invention as defined by the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A combination supply fixture including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, each having a pair of passages, one passage in each portion aligning with a cooperating passage in the other, a central partition in each of said inlet and outlet portions in alignment with each other, said outlet portion having an opening, fastening means operable through said opening and passing through the partition of said outlet portion, said fastening means being associated with the partition of said inlet portion for holding said portions together, valves in said outi'et portion controlling its passages, and a delivery nozzle for said outlet portion communicating with said last named passages by way of said valves.

2. A combination supply fixture including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, each having a pair of passages, one passage in each portion aligning with a cooperating passage in the other, a central partition in each of said inlet and outlet portions in alignment with each other, fastening means entering both partitions, said outlet portion having an outlet opening in alignment with said fastening means and said fastening means being operable through said outlet opening, valves in said outlet portion controlling its passages, and a delivery nozzle associated with said outlet opening and communicating with said last named passages by way of said valves.

3. A combination supply fixture including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, each having a pair of passages, one passage in each portion aligning with a cooperating passage in the other, a central partition in each of said inlet and outlet portions in alignment with each other, fastening means entering both partitions, said outlet portion having an outlet opening in alignment with said fastening means and said fastening means being operable through said outlet opening, said outlet portion including a pair of valve casings extending forwardly and outwardly therefrom, a valve in each of said casings, and a delivery nozzle associated with said outlet opening and communicating with said passages by way of said valves.

4. A combination supply fixture including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, each having a pair of passages, one passage in each portion aligning with a cooperating passage in the other, a central partition in each of said inlet and outlet portions in alignment with each other, fastening means entering both partitions, said outlet portion having an outlet opening in alignment with said fastening means and said fastening means being operable through said outlet opening, said outlet portion including a pair of valve casings extending forwardly and outwardly therefrom, a valve in each of said casings, said outlet portion having a mixing chamber in communication with said outlet opening and with said outlet portion passages by way of said valves, and a delivery nozzle in threaded engagement with said outlet member at the outlet opening thereof.

FRANCIS T. MEYER. 

